'So we know from the outset of the semi-happy ending - that Dead Loss (if not publisher Dante) would not just pull through, despite all the hurdles it faced, but become a great success. It makes for an amusing, lively story of a small but ambitious publisher trying to break into the business and everything that stands in the way of success (not least disapproving parents, as well as the usual demands of family life). In closely following the actual Dedalus-story - including the idea of a European Classics-line and an early bet on Giovanni Verga, as well as a PR stunt involving a coffin (with photos included !) - it makes for fun reading for any fan of the publisher. While Dedalus may not have had quite the break-out success Dead Loss did, it's good to see that it - and its very impressive list, still growing in wonderful directions - putter admirably along, more than forty years on. M.A.Orthofer in The Complete Review.